All About Upgrading Tyre Size

Changed the 44k run JK Tyre to Bridgestone Turanza e60. Done 1.5k now. Chose this because, its Less noisy compared to Yoko A Drive, MRF Z LO. Michelin XM2 is the most silent and best for Highways and City Drives (Not for the road conditions we have in Coorg).

I Turanza e60 has a better comfort, compared to Potenza which has clocked approx 10k in my friend's Swift.

Guys for those who are not aware..now 195/60/R15 is available in XM2 range as well... previously this size was available in Primacy LC only...!!
Previously i had used XM1+ on my 1.9 D and i was completely satisfied with them.

The stock tyre size of an Active variant is 165/80-R14, Emotion is 175/70-R14 and Emotion Pack is 195/60-R15 (pre-2012 models).
Now, according to the tyre size calculator, it is not recommended to up-size the Active variant to the tyre size of an Emotion/E Pack variant, or up-size an Emotion variant to Emotion Pack's tyre size. I for one, don't believe that Fiat would calibrate the meters differently for different variants; it just doesn't make sense. What's the funda here?
PS- varoon9999, that's the reason why I posted that query regarding the tyre size. I was utterly confused by the tyre size calculator's results and thought maybe I had got the wrong tyre size.

Finally.. over last weekend i got new shoes for my Punto (Current Odod 68900 kms). Previously i was running on shitty goodyear GT3. This time I went ahead with XM2 195/60/R15. I was really confused with Primacy Lc 3st , XM2 and Bridg My-02. Somehow i trusted my past experience with Michelin and decided to put Michelin only. Once i reached there (N M Mehta, Pune), i spoke to the dealer about my requirements. 80% highway drive and odd 20% broken roads. He straight away suggested me to go for XM2. he said If you plan to drive on highway only then 3ST is the best.

But another TFIian is already on his second set of Primacy Lc series. He has taken his car on all sorts of roads and never faced any problem. First set of primacy lasted for approx 41K kms for him.
So, i was highly confused on what should i opt for. Finally decided to go ahead based on couple of dealers feed back and went ahead with XM2.

Cost:
MRP of tyre : 6396/-
Dealers price: 5600/-
Alignment balancing included, no extra charge for wts and Nitrogen. All the alloys were in great condition none of them asked for any weights.

All in all approx 22400/- for 4 Xm2 195/60/R15

Till today i have driven her for just 30 odd kms. So, cant talk much about tyres. But, initial impression carpet like ride. No tyre noise at all. Suddenly small pot holes have vanished. Steering has become quite lighter. :clap

The only condition for going to 15'' would increase in GC, but not sure if the Tyres would start scrapping the fenders under full load. In that case it would be disaster, and would prefer to stay with 185/70 R 14. Not interested in 195/60 R 15 as it would not offer much increase in GC compared to 185/70 R 14.